Articles
Editorial: Reflections on the Twentieth Century
Denis Alexander
Pages: 98-98
The Human Genome Project: Tool of Atheistic Reductionism or Embodiment of the Christian Mandate to Heal?
Francis Collins
Pages: 99-111
Eastern Religions and Modern Physics – a Further Examination
Peter J. Bussey
Pages: 113-127
Abstract
A further study is made of the claims that modern physics confirms certain aspects of eastern religious philosophy, with special reference to particle physics and quantum mechanics. Some particular topics discussed are complementarity, the role of the ‘observer’ in quantum mechanics, questions concerning unity and interrelationship, and the existence of quantum events. The ultimate role of rationality in the universe is contrasted between East and West. In general, a negative conclusion is reached: most of the similarities are superficial only. In one or two cases there may even be conflicts with some aspects of eastern teachings.
Biodiversity Loss in the Developing World and Sustainable Development
John B. Sale
Pages: 129-138
Abstract
Plants and animals are major components of the Creator’s comprehensive provision for human existence, contributing to man’s physical needs and providing the basis for aesthetic and intellectual fulfilment. They also provide a demonstration of God’s power and creative genius, meant to engender humility and worship. Humankind has a God-given mandate to exercise responsible stewardship over the whole of the material creation, including global biodiversity, which entails increasing their understanding of it and using it carefully to meet a variety of needs. Based on his own professional experience, the author examines selected aspects of the stewardship of tropical biodiversity, using examples from Asia and Africa including the arid vegetation of Arabia, the Borneo rainforest, the Asiatic lion, Great Indian rhinoceros and the African elephant. As elsewhere in the world, these resources are frequently threatened by a lack of care and over-exploitation driven by short-term economic considerations which jeopardise their availability to future generations. Ways are explored by which a biblical concept of stewardship can influence the sustainability of man’s use of living natural resources. The aim is to achieve a balance between the various original purposes of creation, avoiding destructive over-utilization on the one hand and excessive protection and veneration of charismatic species on the other. Christians should recognise their responsibility to both care for biodiversity and encourage proper human development.
Portraits of Human Nature: Reconciling Neuroscience and Christian Anthropology
Warren S. Brown
Malcolm A. Jeeves
Pages: 139-150
ESSAY REVIEW Reconstructing Nature: the Engagement of Science
Colin A. Russell
Pages: 151-157
Book reviews
The Creative Loop
Erich Harth (Diana Briggs)
Pages: 169-170
Anglo-American Postmodernity
Nancey Murphy (Michael Alsford)
Pages: 170-171
Science, Life and Christian Belief: A Survey and Assessment
Malcolm A. Jeeves and R.J. Berry (Francis Barton)
Pages: 171-172
Science in Faith: a Christian Perspective on Teaching Science
Arthur Jones (ed.) (John Bausor)
Pages: 172-174
Human Cloning: Religious Responses
Ronald Cole-Turner (Caroline Berry)
Pages: 174-175
Human Nature at the Millennium: Reflections on the Integration of Psychology and Christianity
Malcolm A. Jeeves (Rosamund Bourke)
Pages: 175-176
Descartes and his Contemporaries: Meditations, Objections, and Replies
Roger Ariew and Marjorie Grene (ed.) (John Hedley
Brooke)
Pages: 176-177
Lifelines: Biology, Freedom, Determinism
Steven Rose (John A. Bryant)
Pages: 177-180
How Large is God?: The Voices of Scientists and Theologians
John Marks Templeton (ed.) (David Burbridge)
Pages: 180-181
Reading the Mind of God
Philip Duce (Richard Dimery)
Pages: 181-183
Fertility and Faith: The Ethics of Human Fertilization
Brendan McCarthy (Gareth Jones)
Pages: 183-185
Matters of Life and Death: Today’s Healthcare Dilemmas in the Light of Christian Faith
John Wyatt (Gareth Jones)
Pages: 183-185
Engineering Genesis: The Ethics of Genetic Engineering in Non-Human Species
Donald Bruce & Ann Bruce (eds.) (Celia Deane-Drummond)
Pages: 185-186
In Defence of the Soul
Keith Ward (Revd. Dr. William K. Kay)
Pages: 186-187
The Spirit of Science: from Experiment to Experience
David Lorimer (ed.) (Ernest Lucas)
Pages: 187-188
Theology and Biotechnology: Implications for a New Science
Celia Deane-Drummond (Darryl Macer)
Pages: 188-189
The Quest for Meaning
L. Francis Edmunds (Paul Marston)
Pages: 189-190
The Cosmos and the Creator, An introduction to the Theology of Creation
David Fergusson (Graham McFarlane)
Pages: 191-191
Stories and Their Limits: Narrative Approaches to Bioethics
Hilde Lindemann Nelson (ed.) (Sue Patterson)
Pages: 191-192